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Golden Key Awards

Every year the Utah’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and their partners honor people and businesses with the Golden Key Award. It recognizes those who have helped promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law on July 26, 1990, is one of America’s most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation. Modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the ADA is an “equal opportunity” law for people with disabilities.

In honor of the ADA, the Utah’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and Disability:IN Utah, Utah's Business Leadership Network, invites community members to nominate local businesses that have gone above and beyond in their recruiting, hiring, retaining and promoting of individuals with disabilities. 

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2026 Golden Key Awards

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Award Categories

• Business of the Year – Small, Medium and Large
• Ace Award – Individual or advocate
• Freedom Award – Hiring and retention of disabled veterans and newly added
• ASAP Achievement Award – State agency with best utilization of the Alternative State Application Process 
• Provider of the Year – Going above and beyond what is expected in their regular work

2025 Winners

• Lovee’s Cakes, Small Employer of the Year
• Veteran Business Resource Center, Freedom Award
• Suncore, Large Employer of the Year
• Daryl Guiver, Mountain America Credit Union, ACE Award 
• Progression for Life, Provider of the Year
• CleanTech Cleaning and Restoration, Medium Employer of the Year

Past Winners

• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020

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Contact

Leah Lobato, Coordinator
801-887-9538
leahlobato@utah.gov